Wichita eagle., 1887-10-09
ADDITIONAL TELEGRAPH
DENIED AND AFFIRMED
President Garrett Most Siren
uously D5nies That Gould
viii Ever Own,
While Geo. Gould as StrenuOusly
Afrirms That His Father
Already Owns
The Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph
Lines-The Sun Editor
tally Claims
That 1t is Excee dinghy Dangerous for
Jay Gould to CIT Hold
of These Lines.
The Chicago Journal Likewise Pict-
ures the Dangers OF Such en-
a Quis.tion-Other Notes.
That IL is Excee dinghy Dangerous fOI
Jay Gould to CIT Hold
of These Lines.
The Chicago Journal Likewise Pict
ures the Dangers OF Such en-
a, Quis.tion-Othsr Notes.
B 80. TELEGRAPH NEWS.
President Garrett Denies and George
Gould AfiIms he Sale.

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-The Times print
the following: ut Is no trade, gentlemen,
said Mr.. Robert Garrett to Edward Stoke
and small party of friends at the Hoff-
man house early last evening. He referred
to the sale of the Baltimore 81 Ohio Tele
graph company to Jay Gould. The an
nouncement, most emphatically made, wa
genuine surprise to Mr.. Stokes aud hi.
friends. They supposed the sale had beer
ratified, and that all the pa
pers relating to 1t had been
signed, sealed and delivered They limited
as much, asking Mr.. Garrett, If he had
signed the papers. Mr. Garrett replied he
had but repeated, that In spite of every
thing said and done, the Baltimore & Ohio
telegraph company had notyet been absorb
ed by It's hungry rival. He said it looked bad
that an attempt should be made TO sell the
property while he was on the ocean and
not in position TO interfere with plans In
which he was at least entitled
to voice Before Mr.. Gar
rett left the Hoffman house
he had impressed his hearers with the idea
that Jay Gould may experience great deal
of trouble before he could legally claim the
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph company as
his own. Of one thing they were satisfied
that Gould would not be allowed to keep
his new purchase at the price he is sd d 10
have paid for it, Mr. Garrett, In adddi
ton TO announcing that no trade had been
made, said that Gould would, under no
circumstances, get the Baltimore & Ohio
Telegraph company for So, 100000 He
would have 10 pay good deal bigger
figure before. He was the last man
In the country to whom Garrett would be-
willing to sell Mr.. Garrett made the OPP
ponenGs of the Western Union and the
friends of competitors In telegraphtc cir
Giles happy by declaring that he meant TO
Fight and felt sure Of winning. He WIS
inclined TO this way Of thinking from the
knowledge of that the Baltimore 81 Ohio
Telegraph company was indebted to him
persr nally to the not altogether trivial sum
of So, 600 600 or $4,00O,OO0.
NKw YORK, Oct. S-The statement In a
morning paper to the effect that Robert
Garrett, referring to the absorption OF the
Baltimore & Ohio telegraph lines by the
Western Union, said that It's no trade,
gentlemen" caused considerable talk today.
Mr.. George Gould did not believe Mr.
Garrett was correctly quoted. Although
the collateral has not been turned over, the
agreement has been signed and is In our
possession. There is no Baltimore 81 Ohio
telegraph, as their wires are q part of our
system. Mr.. Gould also denied the state
ment In The same article that the Baltimore
& Ohio owed Mr. Garrett personally DE
tween So. O0O, coo and 81 COO GOO Mr.. W.
B. Summary lille, of The Western Union,
was authorized to say that DR.. Norvin
Green did not believe the story.